Joshm1991 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Hey peeps!! I'm getting a Hope Pro 2 hub tomorrow and I've heard that I might need to change my spokes if they're too long/short.. I have a MAD Phase 1.2 with an Alex Rims DX32 and an umnamed hub currently on the bike!! Does anyone know how long I need the spokes to be to make it work with my new hub?? I've tried using the DT Swiss sopke calculator and another on that I found on google but it just confused the hell outta me.. :/ I'm gunna ring Tartybikes tomorrow to see if they can help me out but I thought I best ask on here first in case someone has any ideas or knows how to use the god awful spoke calculators!! Cheers in advance!! Joosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silferme Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 From my experience, just tell Tarty which hub and rim you got and they'll fix it for you. Hasn't got wrong this far for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm1991 Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Sweet!! Thanks mate!! I'll give them a ring tomorrow then!! Joosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm1991 Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I've rang Tartybikes and they said I need 262mm spokes. Now I've measured the spokes that I have and they are near enough (maybe half a mil less than 262mm) and I thought this might have worked.. But when I've come to lace the wheel back up with the Hope Pro 2, the spokes seem a little short and the rim is off center and wonky!! :/ I've followed a few Youtube vidoes to the letter but everytime I do it, it seems to go the same way!! ¬_¬ I'm kinda hopeing not to have buy new spokes but I will if I have to!! Can ANYONE help me out?? I can post some pictures of what I keep getting but I'll have to build it up again!! Thanks guys Joosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piperfraz Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 What guide/video are you using to lace the wheel? Are you doing it the same way as it was before? (4 cross/3 cross)?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm1991 Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I've tried to follow a few videos online but non have really hepled.. :/ And as far as I'm aware, I'm doing 3 cross like the were before I took them off!! Joosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silferme Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I've rang Tartybikes and they said I need 262mm spokes. Now I've measured the spokes that I have and they are near enough (maybe half a mil less than 262mm) and I thought this might have worked.. But when I've come to lace the wheel back up with the Hope Pro 2, the spokes seem a little short and the rim is off center and wonky!! :/ I've followed a few Youtube vidoes to the letter but everytime I do it, it seems to go the same way!! ¬_¬ I'm kinda hopeing not to have buy new spokes but I will if I have to!! Can ANYONE help me out?? I can post some pictures of what I keep getting but I'll have to build it up again!! Thanks guys Joosh What do you mean by "off center"? Off center in dish or off center so that one side of the spokes is shorter? Have you measured all of the spokes? Did you mention the correct drilling of the rim to Tarty when inquiring about spoke lengths? (32h/36h) I checked Tarty's website quickly and it seems that all Hope Pro 2 hubs are for disk brakes which would mean that you need to be adding some dish to the build. Maybe that's why it is off center as you haven't dished it properly? You should check out this website as it has basically everything you need to know about building and truing a wheel. (You might have already found it as it comes up rather high up in Google) And as a final advice from my amateur background; if you are building a disk wheel, tighten it properly! Get a good spoke tool and crank it up or otherwise you'll end up with a wheelbuild which will flex every time you brake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm1991 Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Thanks for all your support and infomation!! But just 5 minutes before you posted the reply, I managed to get it right!! Somthing called the "biketube" on youtube made it a bit easier for me to understand!! I have no idea what I was doing wrong but so long as I have got it "right" this time, I'm not too worried!! Greatly appreiciate your help!! Joosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silferme Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) Brilliant Your next build will be much easier, it's always the first one which gives you trouble. If you are going to add some dish to the build ( what I guess you'll have to) true it firstly straight and then add the dish afterwards. One side -½ tighter and other side +½ looser until it is as you wish it to be. When you got the dish right and everything trued it is easy to do the final tightening if needed (+½ on all spokes until it is right) I'm no pro in this in anyway so follow my instructions on your own risk but then again my wheels hasn't failed me yet under my 85kg dynamite packed body Edited August 24, 2011 by Silferme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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